Barry v. Retirement Board of the Firemen's Annuity & Benefit Fund

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• concluding that the defendant board was not a “governmental entity” for purposes of statutory interest, since neither it nor the fund it administered performed a governmental function
• concluding that the defendant board was not a “governmental entity” for purposes of statutory interest, since neither it nor the fund it administered performed a governmental function
• finding no fair or adequate notice where the agency’s misleading letters failed to notify the plaintiffs of the agency’s adverse decision denying death benefits
• whether the trial court has jurisdiction is a question of law and thus reviewed de novo
• whether the trial court has jurisdiction is a question of law and thus reviewed de novo
• whether Board properly construed and applied section 6 — 140 in concluding that widows were not entitled to duty death benefits presents a mixed question of law and fact subject to the clearly erroneous standard of review

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